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as in to break
to fail to keep
you've violated the company's rule against smoking within 30 feet of the building
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as in to desecrate
to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect
the invaders violated the temple by using it to stable their horses
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Recent Examples of violate
According to a spokesperson for the National Police Association, there are too many people violating home detention in Maryland who are committing crimes while wearing their ankle monitors.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2025
The legal question arises after President Donald Trump’s March executive order declaring that late-arriving ballots violate federal law and directing the Justice Department to enforce the order nationwide.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2025
Yet for years, OpenAI has been using those charitable assets for commercial purposes, violating its mission.
—Orson Aguilar, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
Earlier in the week, perhaps the most notable setback was a ruling by the Senate parliamentarian that a cap on health care provider taxes, which is projected to save billions of dollars in federal Medicaid spending, violated the Senate’s Byrd Rule.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 29 June 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2025
The legal question arises after President Donald Trump’s March executive order declaring that late-arriving ballots violate federal law and directing the Justice Department to enforce the order nationwide.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2025
Yet for years, OpenAI has been using those charitable assets for commercial purposes, violating its mission.
—Orson Aguilar, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
Earlier in the week, perhaps the most notable setback was a ruling by the Senate parliamentarian that a cap on health care provider taxes, which is projected to save billions of dollars in federal Medicaid spending, violated the Senate’s Byrd Rule.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for violate
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While Clark has been integral in the rise of the WNBA’s popularity since breaking rookie and league records last season with the Fever, there have been many contentious moments over that span of games with opponents.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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This prevents unwritten rules from being bent or broken.—
Nate Bennett,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Anyone who desecrates these sacred places will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Now 23, Aponte pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge as part of a plea deal that saw prosecutors drop additional counts against her, including endangering, hindering, and disturbing or desecrating human remains, court records show.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2025
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These incidents have drawn comparisons to an infamous 1995 case in which three U.S. servicemembers were convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl on her way home from school in Okinawa.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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In December 2024, U.S. Air Force member Brennon Washington was sentenced to five years in Japanese prison for kidnapping and raping an underage girl.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2025
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Images taken by wildlife photographer Isaac Ogden show the creatures breaching the surface near the rocky coastline.—
Brendan Rascius
July 14,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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However, Vought and the OMB have seized upon the testimony as proof that the Fed may have breached the National Capital Planning Act by making unapproved changes to the renovation plans.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Experts have long assumed that the instrument had been destroyed or lost to history.—
Asia London Palomba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
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The fire that destroyed the Grand Canyon Lodge was burning on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.—
AZCentral.com,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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McLaughlin, in a statement to NBC News, said the man had assaulted and verbally harassed a federal agent which led to his arrest.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
8 July 2025
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At times, the boy was restrained and choked and assaulted in his dorm room bed.—
Richard Winton
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Seventeen European Union countries accused Hungary on Tuesday of contravening fundamental EU values by passing laws that target LGBTQ people, as tensions deepen between Budapest and a majority of member states.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
27 May 2025
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Without hesitation, Meghan challenged every guest whose conversation contravened her values.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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An international manhunt ensued for Magnotta, who was also accused of defiling Lin's corpse.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Paintings whose reverence for Indigenous people had once shocked were now held in contempt, viewed as defiling those same people.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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“Violate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/violate. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.
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